Remembering the Rescuers of Victims of Human Rights Crimes in Latin America

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This book explores the significance of remembering the rescuers denouncing human rights crimes as well as protecting and sheltering targeted victims—including the dead—during the Cold War state violence in Latin America. In light of newly unearthed archival evidence, testimonial memories, and the continued mobilization of human rights groups to preserve Cold War memory, this timely book moves beyond the victim-perpetrator dichotomy and its discursive studies to focus on those whose moral courage and righteous acts were beacons of hope in the midst of extreme violence. Remembering Latin American “righteousness,” a term used in Holocaust literature, is important in recognizing that those who resisted human rights violations and protected victims yesterday are those who often keep the collective memory of that past alive today.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-12-20
Mått159 x 240 x 18 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor218
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498533263

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Remember the Rescuers in Latin America?Marcia Esparza and Zachary McKiernanChapter 1: Rescued From Fear: The Sebastian Acevedo Movement Against Torture in ChileChristopher NeyChapter 2: Bending the Rules: An Ambassador's Quest to Save LivesPascale BonnefoyChapter 3: The Santo Tomás Chichicastenango's Municipal Firefighters: "Green Pines Covering the Dead Bodies"Marcia Esparza, Stephanie Alfaro and Kristy SanandresChapter 4: Strategic Rescue Responses to Genocide: The Guatemalan CaseRoddy BrettChapter 5: Between Memory and Oblivion: The Cases of Eureka and AfademIsabel de León Olivares, Maribel Rivas-Vasconcelos and Miriam RodriguezChapter 6: From Rescue to Solidarity: (Re) Humanizing Relationships for Social TransformationJenny Escobar and Angie TamayoChapter 7: Argentine Rescuers: A Study on the "Banality of Good"Jessica CasiroConclusion: On the Moral Value of Rescue and Remembering Rescuers: Conceptualizing Rescue in the Latin American ContextJeffrey BlusteinAbout the Contributors and Editors

The least noticed aspect of genocide is the courageous resistance that is often put up to save the victims. This collection shows how victims were helped during Cold War violence in Latin American countries including Guatemala, El Salvador, Argentina, Chile and Colombia. The rich exploration of historical cases enhances our general understanding of "rescue", showing that it is not just a matter of bystander intervention but of solidarity among victims. This is an important collection that deserves a wide readership.